Abstract

Tinea barbae is a dermatophyte infection of the bearded areas of the face and neck. The incidence of tinea barbae has decreased as improved sanitation. We report a case of tinea barbae in a 58-year-old-man, who presented with relatively well-defined erythematous pustular plaque on the upper lip. A fungal culture from tissue of the lesions was grown on Sabouraud dextrose agar and showed typical Trichophyton verrucosum. The nucleotide sequence of internal transcribed spacer for clinical isolate was identical to that of Trichophyton verrucosum strain ATCC 10695. The patient was treated with oral itraconazole for 3 months. The skin lesions improved 3 months after treatment, and recurrence has not been observed.

Keywords

Tinea barbae Trichophyton verrucosum

KJMM 2014 September;19(3):64-70(7). Epub 2016 February 16
Copyright © 2014 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

You Bum Song; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Ji Young Yoo; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Jun Gyu Song; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Moo Kyu Suh; Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Gyoung Yim Ha; Departments of Laboratory Medicine,College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Jung Ran Kim; Departments of Pathology,College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea
Jong Soo Choi; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea

Corresponding

Moo Kyu Suh, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, 87 Dongdaero, Gyeongju, Kyungbuk, 780-350, Korea. Tel: +82-10-3805-9223, Fax: +82-54-770-8378, e-mail: smg@dongguk.ac.kr

Publication history

Received 24 April 2014; Revised 3 August 2014; Accepted 18 August 2014.

Acknowledgements

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

You Bum Song

Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Ji Young Yoo

Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Jun Gyu Song

Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Moo Kyu Suh

Departments of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Gyoung Yim Ha

Departments of Laboratory Medicine,College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Jung Ran Kim

Departments of Pathology,College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea

Jong Soo Choi

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea

Since epub date 2016 February 16